October 1st marks the beginning of LGBT History Month – a celebration across the nation that highlights leaders and achievements in the LGBTQ+ community. The original idea came from a teacher from St. Louis over 20 years ago and is now a nationally recognized, month-long display of the challenges and achievements in queer culture. But …

Paul David Terry, MNA is the Interim Director of Communications at UC Davis Integrative Medicine and co-editor of the Improving OUTcomes website and blog. He serves on the Vice Chancellor’s LGBTQI Advisory Council and is a past presenter for the Improving OUTcomes Conference, contributing workshops on strateges that reach and engage online LGBTQI patients and communities.

Check out our LGBTQ+ History Month events and book display at the Blaisdell Medical Library lobby. All events are held on the health system’s Sacramento campus. Celebrate #LGBTHistoryMonth with presentations and Blaisdell Medical Library book display… Click To Tweet October 1-31, 2017 Blaisdell Medical Library lobby LGBTQ+ Book Display: Advancing health education, advocacy, and social …

Paul David Terry, MNA is the digital marketing and communications specialist at UC Davis Graduate Studies and co-editor of the Improving OUTcomes website and blog. He serves as vice-chair of the Vice Chancellor and Deans’ LGBTQ+ Advisory Council and is a past presenter for the Improving OUTcomes Conference, contributing workshops on strateges that reach and engage online LGBTQ+ patients and communities.

This post marks the first in a series on LGBTQ+ Patient Experiences From Our Health Professionals. Long after I came out to myself, to my family members, to my friends and to my work colleagues, I felt it was important to come out to my primary care physician. I had so many positive experiences in …

May 22, is Harvey Milk Day! Harvey Milk gained fame for becoming the first openly gay elected official in California, serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors before his assassination in 1978. His activism in San Francisco culminated in his defeat of the Briggs Initiative (California State Proposition 6), which would have banned anyone …

Paul David Terry, MNA
Co-editor of the Improving OUTcomes website and blog

All women have specific healthcare needs, but lesbians are at higher risk for certain health conditions than other woman. Every April 26th marks Lesbian Visibility Day, and to honor this day we have an overview of the importance of lesbian health and resources for healthful living.

We recently profiled the speakers who will present at the Improving OUTcomes Leadership Summit. If you’ve been waiting to register until you know what they’ll be talking about, wait no more! Building Clinical Competence and Supporting Transgender Medical Care in the Primary Care Setting Michelle Famula, M.D. Dr. Famula’s presentation is focused on how a group …

This is our second post in our series Navigating Burnout. In this session, we will look at how to handle fatigue in social settings This post-election season brought many concerns around LGBTQ+ wellness under the next presidential administration. We had hoped Health Equality for All and universal human dignity would win this election and continue …

Paul David Terry, MNA
Co-editor of the Improving OUTcomes website and blog.

Gatherings with our families and at work are ongoing opportunities to deepen social connections throughout the year, extended by our Facebook feeds and online media. With the shift in Washington, D.C., conversations have swiftly centered on the questionable change among marginalized populations. And while festivities are intended to create camaraderie, some are finding these events …

Paul David Terry, MNA
Co-editor of the Improving OUTcomes website and blog.

We’re excited to announce that registration for our third annual Improving OUTcomes Leadership Summit on March 25, 2017 is now open! This past year was an important time of growth for Improving OUTcomes: we launched our health resources map, held our first sponsored Grand Rounds presentation, and had a successful 2016 Conference. With a new …

This week, surgeon/YA author I. W. Gregorio and intersex advocate Emily Quinn visited us at UC Davis Health System to shed some light on the contentious relationship between intersex people and the institution of medicine. Gregorio and Quinn presented at the Department of Urology Grand Rounds on the intersection of intersex and medicine. Now that you …